Talks and lectures, performances, hands-on art making and more are designed to engage general audiences, families, students and educators, and visitors of all abilities. explore our programs

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Performances

Live music and performances inspired by the exhibitions on view

Upcoming Events:

Courtesy of Iva Bittová

Iva Bittová presented by Bang on a Can

Thursday, February 22 |
7:30 pm

This performance by violinist-vocalist Iva Bittová reflects the central themes of cultural exchange and influence present in the exhibition Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress from the Collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

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Long-time collaborators Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow lead an all-star cast on modern and ancient instruments, incorporating the sounds of jazz, folk, Middle Eastern, and Latin music, in an exploration of lost and forgotten Sephardic melodies.

Image by Simone Cecchetti

Performance by Kaki King

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Join us for a performance by the distinctive and exceptional indie-guitarist Kaki King.

Pianist and Bang on a Can All Stars member Vicky Chow performs Tristan Perich’s Surface Image for solo piano in conjunction with the exhibition The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin.

Charlemagne Palestine. Photo: Will Ragozzino/SocialShutterbug.com

Aaa HHeavenlyyy RResttt SSchlingennn BBlängennnn

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Charlemagne Palestine performs an organ concert at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in conjunction with the exhibition Charlemagne Palestine’s Bear Mitzvah in Meshugahland.

Performance by Bonjour

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Founded by bassist and composer Florent Ghys, Bonjour combines bass, cello, guitar, percussion, and vocals to create an unusual, edgy, and adventurous sound that pushes beyond the arena of “new classical” music.

Performance by Pauline Oliveros

Thursday, November 10, 2016

This concert, inspired by Take Me (I’m Yours), blurs the boundary between the performer and the audience by asking the listener to participate in the making of music.

Art & Music: The Genius of the Burle Marx Family

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Conducted by Thiago Tiberio, President of the Burle Marx Music Society, the concert explores the relationship between the landscape architecture and art of Roberto Burle Marx and the musical compositions of his brother Walter.

Performance By Don Byron

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Don Bryon is renowned for his dedication to and innovation in quintessential American traditional music genres from klezmer to blues to bluegrass to gospel to jazz.

Performance by Arto Lindsay

Thursday, May 12, 2016

This concert featuring Arto Lindsay echoes the themes of cultural experimentation and artistic cross-pollination explored in the exhibition, breaking down the distinctions between American and Brazilian rock music, pop music, experimental music, and improvisation.

Bang on a Can: Unorthodox

Thursday, February 4, 2016

The Mivos Quartet performs the string quartets of Steve Reich, including the Holocaust-related masterpiece Different Trains, his intensely contrapuntal Triple Quartet, and the emotional and complex WTC 9/11.

Bassist and founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars Robert Black anchors a program of chamber music by experimental Soviet composers Galina Ustvolskaya, Arthur Lourie, and Sofia Gubaidulaina.

Bang on a Can: Repetition and Difference

Thursday, July 9, 2015

A forerunner in the expansion of the violin beyond its classical and “wood-bound” tradition, Todd Reynolds electrifies in concert, weaving together composed and improvised segments, and making use of computer technology and digital loops to sculpt his sounds in real time, seamlessly integrating minimalist, pop, Jazz, Indian, African, Celtic and indigenous folk music into his own sonic blend.

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Bang on a Can: Revolution of the Eye

Thursday, May 14, 2015

This concert by the Bang on a Can All-Stars highlights the relationship between music and image.

Artist-Led Studio Programs

Studio programs provide the opportunity to make artwork in response to a diverse range of exhibitions, and are taught by leading contemporary artists whose studio practices share connections with work on view.

Photos from Past Workshops:

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Art for Sharing

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Following discussion and close looking in the exhibition Modigliani Unmasked, learn printing and stamp-making techniques to create an edition of cards in this intensive one day workshop taught by contemporary artist Timothy Hull.

Taught by artist Allyson Vieira and inspired by the architecture and design in the exhibition Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, translate Chareau’s modern vision of integrated spatial and decorative forms into mixed media works.

Golnar Adili, Installing Wallpaper, 2013. Courtesy of the artist.

Art for Sharing

Sunday, December 4, 2016

Printmaking workshop taught by artist Golnar Adili in response to the exhibition Take Me (I’m Yours).

Fluid Observations and Figure Painting

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Painting workshop taught by artist Tryn Collins in response to the exhibition John Singer Sargent's Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children.

Nice Handles for Such an Old Vase: Drawing Antiquities

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Drawing workshop in the Jewish Museum’s collection led by artist Timothy Hull.

The Playful Landscape

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Explore key concepts that guided the work of landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx in this class taught by artist Mark Joshua Epstein.

Carey Denniston, Untitled/Process Documentation, 2015

Photo Transformations

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Experiment with photography techniques and processes inspired by The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film in this three-session workshop led by contemporary artist Carey Denniston.

Jacqueline Cedar, But rather merry-go-round, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 78 in x 72 in

Painting the Peculiar

Monday, November 9, 2015

Discover painting techniques and processes that explore your personal history and cultural inspirations in this three-session workshop, led by contemporary artist Jaqueline Cedar and inspired by the wild array of representational painting styles on view in the exhibition Unorthodox.

Making Multiples

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Artist Chris Domenick leads a two-session studio workshop for adults. Ticket purchase is required and includes both sessions.

Abstraction for Adults

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Journey from figuration to abstraction through a sequence of drawing, collage, stenciling, and painting in this afternoon studio workshop taught by contemporary artist Yevgeniya Baras. Following a guided tour and discussion of the exhibition From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, 1945 – 1952, discover your own method of abstraction to create a painting inspired by the innovative techniques in the work of Krasner and Lewis.

The Museum’s after-hours series featuring art making, live performance, and gallery tours celebrates the innovative photography and film on view in The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film.

Revolution of the Eye

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Celebrate the visual power and cultural impact of American television on view in Revolution of the Eye.

Beauty Is Power

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Experience the bold redefinition of beauty on display in Helena Rubinstein: Beauty Is Power. Join us for an evening of music and art, featuring a live set by garage-pop band Beverly, fronted by the brilliant female vocalist and guitarist Drew Citron, and an opening DJ set by Le Chev. Rubinstein’s iconic style will be celebrated through numerous art activities including statement jewelry making, nail art, and a photo booth for capturing one-of-a-kind portraits.

From the Margins

Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Wind Up returns this fall to celebrate the painterly innovation on view in From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, 1945 – 1952.

For our ongoing exhibition series in the Jewish Museum lobby “Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings," artist Alex Israel presents "Self-Portrait (Mom)," on view now through April 23. In this video, he unveils the painting to his mother for the first time.

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Talks & Performances

An unusual evening of discussion between Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Public Programs, and "Dr. Sigmund Freud", represented by Michael Roth, as part of our Wish You Were Here series of interviews with the subjects of Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

An unusual evening of discussion between Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, and “Gertrude Stein,” portrayed by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, as part of our Wish You Were Here series of interviews with the subjects of Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

An unusual evening of discussion between Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, and “Sarah Bernhardt,” portrayed by Carol Ockman, as part of our Wish You Were Here series of interviews with the subjects of Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

An unusual evening of discussion between Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, and “Groucho Marx,” portrayed by writer and performer Noah Diamond as part of our series of interviews with the subjects of Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

An unusual evening of discussion between Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, and “Martin Buber,” portrayed by Sarah Scott, held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Buber's death.

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